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Comments posted by temejin from Canada, March 18, 2005:
I had read the reviews of others and thought that Prodisc was a safe bet so I purchase 3 spindles of these printables. Very few of them write consistantly beyond 3.8 g at 2x. Have tried at 4x and 6x with even worse results. I don't know if it's any help but the side edges of the discs are very uneven and poorly finished which may be affecting the discs balance. After the grief these discs have cause I would suggest that they be avoided until Prodisc developes some quality control standards.

Comments posted by yjc from United States, March 02, 2005:
At first the burned media seems okay... but I get about 5-7 coasters before getting one good burn that has no errors beyond 4GB mark. Burning at 4x or 2x doesn't make any difference. Read error test passes flawlessly for data upto 4GB. Burned movies will not play in 6 different players when playing the outer edge portion. Total crap in my opinion. Never had any problems with Riteks. I trashed the remaining 30 blanks.. not worth my time.

Comments posted by classfour from United States, October 26, 2004:
Discs burned at 4X with Toshiba SDR5112 DO NOT play in all players, but when burned at 2X are nearly universal. Had to use hacked firmware on the Toshiba to enable burning at greater than 1X with this media.

Discs burned at 4x with Plextor 712A play on everything I own. When burned at 6X to 8X they behave the same as discs burned at 4X on the Toshiba.

Comments posted by Munchy from United States, September 27, 2004:
I've Burnt over six hundred of these so far and no coasters... I now have 2 burners (Pioneer DVR-107d and Pioneer DVR-108) burning them simultaniously and still no coasters. Nice!!!

Comments posted by kosekjm from United States, September 17, 2004:
Currently on my third pack of 100. Haven't seen a coaster yet that was media related (Two due to power failures during the burnand one due to a two year old's discovery of the power bar under the desk :) So far very happy with the quality of the burns as well as the print quality.

Comments posted by Ernie Tamminga from United States, August 12, 2004:
No comments

Additional information:

Purchased from: Americal.com Date purchased: July 2004 Burnt with Sony DRU-700A at 2x Burning reliability is Good. PC reliability is Good. DVD reliability is Poor. Media color is White. Media text is None. Media package type is Shrink Wrapped. Number of discs 75. Authoring/Burning comments:Prepared files in Sony's DVD Architect, release 2.0a. Burned some with DVDA, some with Nero. Burned some at 2x, some at 4x. Works fine on Sony DVP-NS575PDoes not work on Panasonic DVD-RV32

Comments posted by keltic88 from United States, August 10, 2004:
Have burned on NEC ND-1300 and ND-2510A with excellent results (approx 150 burns). On the ND-2510A, it burns at slightly higher speeds (4.2x - 4.6x), but may be just DVD Decrypter's reporting error?

Comments posted by hh from United States, July 05, 2004:
First couple of minutes is ok. But SKIP after 5 minutes play. Too bad, even burner will not read it again. This pioneer certified media may be just for PIONEER burner.

All burning are at 4x speed.

Additional information:

Price: $20 Purchased from: www.pcmicrostore.com Date purchased: June 2004 Burnt with OptoRite DD0201/DD0203 at 4x using firmware 2.50. Burning reliability is Poor. PC reliability is Poor. DVD reliability is Poor. Media color is Silver. Media text is Prodisc 4x dvd-r. Media package type is Cake Box. Number of discs 50. Media made in Taiwan. Authoring/Burning comments:B'sGold5 Does not work on Apex AD-5131Does not work on Aspire Digital AD-1100

Comments posted by J. Alan Wall from United States, July 04, 2004:
Seemingly great media for what little I paid for it; only $20 USD for a spindle of 50 at Supermediastore.com. Burned about 10 of these with no coasters so far. Possibly a replacement for the Ritek GO4s?? JAW

Comments posted by Marksind from United States, July 03, 2004:
Been having trouble with Riteks lately, so tried these. Under .50/ea in 50 pack from Supermediastore. Burn movies flawlessly in my NEC 2510 and BTC 1004, play perfectly in my stand-alone Toshiba, Cyberhome, and Coby. Very impressive for the price. Disks have a quality finish (smooth edges, no strong smell.

Comments posted by nyc1 from United States, June 29, 2004:
No comments

Additional information:

Purchased from: SuperMediaStore Date purchased: April 2004 Burnt with OptoRite DD0201/DD0203 at 4x using firmware 2.50. Burning reliability is Good. PC reliability is Good. DVD reliability is Mixed. Media color is Silver. Media text is DVD01X00121. Media package type is Plastic Sleeve. Number of discs 1. Authoring/Burning comments:Burned fine. Worked on Panasonic DVD-A120 home DVD player and KXD DVD player. Did not work on Kenuo DVD player. I will likely purchase Prodisc again in the future since it played on 2 of 3 DVD players that I have. Works fine on Panasonic DVD-A120

Comments posted by shadow-13x from United States, June 23, 2004:
Simply awesome stuff. Plays in my Magnavox set top box and my Liquid Video portable DVD player. Inkjet surface for printing in epson r200/300. Burns at 4x for me in a hacked Memorex/Pioneer 106D f/w 1.07

Comments posted by fez from Barbados, June 20, 2004:
This is just an update to my post on March 31st. I've now burnt about 250 of these discs with no coasters. My Ridata G04 discs however are crapping out horribly. Only my dvdburner can read/rip them with no probs.
Seems like the Prodiscs are defintly a better choise than the Riteks.

Comments posted by bgfisher from United States, May 20, 2004:
I originally purchases 300 of these and they worked great in my sony DRU, pioneer ao5 and ao6 and my NEC. However, I bought another 500 from a new batch code and burned them at 2X with very poor results. Not a single one played on my DRU-500A or my NEC. A05 and A06 worked fine. I think prodisc still has some process control issues on their media. Too bad, I was hoping to replace Ridata product.

Comments posted by R. Bodine from United States, May 17, 2004:
Very good quality, as good as Memorex, but not as pricey. Recommend this to everybody, as long as you have the correct firmware, you will not have any problems, as others do.

Comments posted by DokSoul from United States, April 24, 2004:
4x DVD-R: Burned 8 out of 50 so far. I'm using original 1.06 03121900 firmware. All good. Gave one to my Buddy and he used it on his Sony 500ul also good. Got them from Meritline 50 for $35 shipped. Add from meritline says it uses the new azo die.

Comments posted by Grimloc from United States, April 22, 2004:
The worked well only had 3 that became coasters.
About 3/4 of them worked on my Panasonic L10 portable player, but all of them worked great on my samsung ht-DM150

Comments posted by Bing Jerry from United States, April 22, 2004:
I bought these discs through supermediastore after the great positive comments on this board. However, I have found that the media is not as forgiving on my Pioneer DV-414 or my Phillips CDD501 DVD-ROM drive for playback when burned at 4X. I have Ritek G04s and those work wonderfully on both players. I get blockiness on playback when I burn it at 4X; reducing the burn speed down to 1X is the only way I can achieve the same consistency as the Ritek media. It's probably more of a laser/color compatibility issue than an actual issue with the media, since my burner, the Pioneer 107 has no trouble reading any burns I've made at any speed.

Comments posted by TXWildFlower from United States, April 20, 2004:
I've burnt several of these DVDs and they are all great. No problems with burning. No read errors reported from DVDInfo. Apply meritline's glossy labels with zero problems when playing.

For those who have Toshiba SD-R5112 DVD burner like I do, update it to latest firmware (1033) in order to burn at 4x or otherwise, it will take an hour to finish
a full disc.

Comments posted by fez from Barbados, March 31, 2004:
Used these to replace the Ritek Ridata G04 white inkjet printable dvd-rs. Burnt 10 so far at 4x and no problems. Checked a few afterwards with Nero tools and DVDINFOPro and got no errors, even past the 4GB mark. The bottom of these discs look similar to the Verbatim Datalifeplus discs, probably because they both use the metal AZO dye. I'd highly recommend them if you have a Pioneer burner.

Comments posted by Larry from United States, February 05, 2004:
The one I purchased from eMediaDepot is listed as Prodisc white inkjet printable 4.7GB DVD-R 4X. Excellent burning at 4X and printing results.